McNary and Willkie Clash Over Public Water Power Plans
Washington reports that Charles McNary defends public development of water power, stressing independence and challenging Hull Roosevelt Trade Treaty. insiders note opposition from some Republicans to Willkie on certain issues. The narrative also covers MacKenzie King’s Ogdensburg talk on British air power, Spain, Gibraltar, and Germany’s tactics, with discussion of Hitler’s secret weapons and air strategy.
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Washington
Pardner
Charles McNary
McNary
Iren
Oregon
Mose
Wilkie
Senate
Willkie
Mr. Willkie
Almanac style time stamps and daylight events noted
Fragmentary almanac snippet lists daily times for sunset dawn and moon events from August 1940. Includes references to daylight time changes and several clock readings such as 7.02 pm and 4.30 pm with tomorrow’s rise and set times. Details are incomplete and partially garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aly
Hungary and Romania Split Over Transylvania Claims
The Hungarian Romanian conference over Transylvania collapsed after ten days as Hungary pressed for roughly two thirds of the province and Romania refused, offering population exchanges instead. Hungarians left for Bucharest. Romanians stayed to draft an explanation of the failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Budapest
Hungary
Transylvania
Romania
Danube
Late Summer Traffic Surge Heads Toward Holiday Peak
Traffic in late summer swells across the region as the long weekend nears. State and city police brace for a final motorists dash before school begins while Salisbury sees rising travel and coast hotels report stronger business than in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Salisbury
Hampton
York
Salsbury
Quiet Day In Stock Market Quiet Day In Stock Market
In a near historic low, New York stocks moved in a narrow range as traders feared worsening war news over the weekend. Brokers blamed the dull action on caution and a summer market mood, with only a few gains led by Bethlehem Steel and U S Rubber among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reading
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Rubber
United Aircraft
U. S. Steel
Kennecott
Westinghouse
International Paper Preferred
Pennsylvania
General Motors
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Glenn Martin
International Nickel
American Smelting
N.Y. Gentral
Great Northern
Johns-Masrville
Hospital Lists Recent Births at Portsmouth Hospital
A daughter was born this morning at the Portsmouth hospital to Mr and Mrs Maurice Lamprey of North Hampton and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Kimball 781 Sagamore avenue are parents of a son born yesterday at the hospital.
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A Daugher
Portsmouth Hospital
Maurice Lamprey
North Hampton
Lawrence Kimball
Sagamore Avenue
Reception Tendered Admiral and Officers at Warner House
The Board of Governors of the Warner House Association hosted a reception at the Warner House yesterday afternoon attended by Rear Admiral John D. Weinwright and numerous officers and their wives from the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Guests toured rooms, viewed a historic letter from John Paul Jones to John Wendell from Nantes in 1777, and were joined by members of the board and other attendees including Chaplain H. G. Grant, several lieutenants, majors, captains, and notable families.
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Board of Governors
Warner House Essociation
Warner House
John
John Paul Jones
John Wendell
John D. Weinwright
H. G. Grant
L. A. Patterson
J. C. Kinsey
J.B. Helvin
Celia Doucet
Frank de
R.E. Dennett
William Zalesk
J. B. Longstaff
H. D. Smith
Ralph 5. Allwyn
H. F.D. Davis
W. W. Anderson, Jr
Prederick Bower
Mary A. Harris
Willam N. Kremer
William E. J. Marvin
Elizabeth Perkins
William M. Seabury
Wallis D. Walker
George H. Warren
Edward T. Wendell
Seth Low Fierrepont
Pauline D. Bradford
Henry L. Green
Leester W. Harding
Fire Sweeps Somerville Fuel Plant
A general alarm blaze at the Somerville Fuel Corporation plant caused unofficial damage of about 100000. It was the fifth industrial area fire in a week, prompting police to suspect a thrill pyromaniac is at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Mass
Derry Woman Burned To Death in Camp Ruins
State police opened a broad probe after the burned body of Mrs. Elizabeth Merrithew, 45, of Roxbury Massachusetts, was found in a small camp on Scoble Pond Road. She was the wife of a Boston postal employee and occupied the camp alone. The charred body was turned over to a medical referee.
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Derry
Elizabeth ‘Merrithew
Roxbury
Mass
Scoble
Pond Road
Merrithew
Boston
Dog Show At Hampton Beach Draws 100 Entries
More than 700 entries entered the Hampton Beach dog show sponsored by the Profile Kennel Club. Traffic was heavy as Chief Jerome F. Harkness added an officer. Awards went to Mrs. R. C. Bondy for Shipmate of Wild Oak, best in show, and Mrs. Sherman R. Hoyt for Rudiki, best all American bred. Windsweep Repeat, a cocker spaniel owned by Mrs. Alice A. Dodsworth, won among sprouting breeds. Thorn from Giralda Farms was top working breed. a German Shepherd bitch also noted. New Hampshire residents earning prizes included Samoyedes by C. P. Hanson, Huskies by Mr. and Mrs. Milton Seely, and other winners across terrier, toy, Pomeranian, and sporting classes.
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Hampton Beach
Profile Kennel Club
Jerome F. Harkness
Francis P. Murphy
R. C. Bondy
Golrens Bridge
Shipmate
Wild Oak
Sherman R
Hoyt
Ha~anah
Rudiki
Sealyham
Robinhill
Larkspur
Charles
Statler
Airedale
Larry Ettar
Kai Lo
Deh Lyn
John B.byce
Cair
Udu Masterpiece
Roy Webber
Alexandrine
Scham
Charle —Forrest - Doe
Chilimana
Bittla
Louise Thein
Alica A. Dods
Water level down at city's springs report
The Sherburne and Haven springs show water depths near last year's low dry season. Sherburne runs 15 feet two inches, Haven about half a foot higher. This month gains total 0.11 to 0.16 inches.
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Sherburne
Haven Springs
Nat A. Stevens
Sherburne Springs
Massachusetts court weighs barring FDR from ballot
New Bedford attorney Joseph Ferreira asks the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to strike President Roosevelt’s name from state ballots arguing an unwritten third term prohibition. He cites a 1896 Democratic platform line about no man being eligible for a third term and claims the president is about to violate this custom.
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Raunton
Mass
Massachusetts Supreme Court
New Bedford
Roosevelt
Joseph Ferreira
Ferreira
Massachusetts Legionnaires Vote On Three Resolutions Today
In Salisbury Massachusetts the American Legion department planned votes on three resolutions. One favored compulsory military service and banning the Communist party from public office. another would bar refugees from occupying jobs held by U S citizens. Officers were to be elected with Charles J McCarthy and Chester T Grant as nominees. The session was moved to Newburyport yesterday due to venue conflicts but returned to Salisbury today.
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Salisbury
Mass
Communist Party
Massachusetts Department of the American Legion
United States
Charles‘ J. McCarthy
Boston
Chester ‘T. Grant
Gloucester
Newburyport
Newbury~ Port
Censorship Rules Tighten War News in Ireland
Dublin August twenty four AP reports Ireland enforces rigid new censorship requiring government permission to publish war news making reporting from abroad impossible without approval.
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Dublin
Ireland
Willkie Would Add Aeronautics Head To Cabinet
Wendell L. Willkie urged creating a secretary of aeronautics to join the president's cabinet saying aviation is the most important military frontier and should not be subordinated to other branches. The call came in New York on August 24 via AP reporting.
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Willkie
Aeronautics
U. S
New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Hopkins Resigns as Commerce Secretary
Washington reports President Roosevelt accepted Harry L. Hopkins's resignation as secretary of commerce. Hopkins, citing ill health, plans to recover his health and will be replaced by Jesse H. Jones. The resignation takes effect on a yet unspecified date amid a wave of cabinet vacancies and changes in the Roosevelt administration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Jesse H. Jones
Hopkins
Jetter
Lst
Chicago
Pylends
To Be Married This Afternoon At York Village
Miss Gusanne Wilson of Bryn Mawr Pa will wed John Livingston Grandin Jr of Boston and Martha's Vineyard this afternoon at First Parish church Yort Village. The reception follows at River House, the York Village home of Mr and Mrs John C Breckinridge.
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Yort Village
Gusanne Wilson
E. Waring Wilson
Bryn Mawr
John Livingston Grandin, Jr
John Livingston Grandin
Boston
Martha's Vineyard
River' House
York Village
John C. Breckinridge
Betty Roberts
Susan Pearsom
York Country Club
James Childs, Jr
Wilson
Mr. Grandin
Nazis Mass Attacks Renewed Across English Channel
British and German long range guns fired across a 22 mile stretch of the Channel as air battles raged over England. German formations of 55 bombers appeared, anti aircraft fire roared, and British fighters engaged them near Dover. Londoners took shelter as waves of bombs fell, while Berlin claimed sinking the Turakina in Australian waters and 100000 tons of merchant shipping destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Channel
English
Dover Corster
Messerschmitt Fighte
Tts
Wassis
Air and
Home Security
London
Defense Board Plans to Speed Arms Production Contracts
The Defense Board proposes extending manufacturers contracts to allow borrowings for plant expansion, enabling faster orders for planes and materials once Congress grants authority and approves related funding and tax relief. Officials seek a government promise to pay in five annual installments to back factory expansion.
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Washington
Defense Commission
Congress
Commission
Roosevelt
United States-Canadian Defense Board
White House
Ottawa
Roose
Velt
National Guard
War Department
Local Guardsmen Back Home Likely To Leave Again
Battery D 197th Coast Artillery NH National Guard returned to Portsmouth after 10 days of intense training with the First Army in upper New York. They rested at Fort Ethan Allen Vermont and camped near Concord before possible future mobilization.
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197Th Coast Artillery
New Hampshire National Guard
Portsmouth
First Army
Upper
New York State
Fort Ethan Alien
Concord
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
197Th of
New Hampshire
National Guard
Meneuvers
Upper New York
Rye Beach
Roosevelt Fireside Chats and Willkie Campaign Tactics
New York Aug 24 Neal O Hara notes the campaign linger before opening, Roosevelt focused on fireside chats and boosting charm for older voters while Willkie aims for a public debate. Roosevelt plans defense staff reshuffle and overseas tactics with Ickes leading a New Deal push. Willkie books Madison Square Garden for a late pre election event to challenge the New Deal.
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FDR
Ickes
Willkie
Madison Square Garden
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